Writing a Text Editor - Computerphile | The Programmer's Hangout | Page 1

clear dawn Jul 30, 2025, 4:23 AM

#

YouTube

Computerphile

Writing a text editor can't be that hard can it? Surely just a case of shifting around a bunch of ASCII characters? Dr Steve Bagley is based at the University of Nottingham

Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile

This video was filmed and edited ...

▶ Play video

grand mirage Jul 30, 2025, 5:33 AM

#

funny i just recently started writing one. it gets quite complicated with graphemes

grand mirage Jul 30, 2025, 5:49 AM

#

he is nicely glossing over actually showing the text on screen

#Writing a Text Editor - Computerphile